Judges

犹大和西缅支派俘虏亚多尼·比色

1约书亚死后，以色列人求问耶和华说：「我们中间谁当首先上去攻击迦南人，与他们争战？」

2耶和华说：「犹大当先上去，我已将那地交在他手中。」

3犹大对他哥哥西缅说：「请你同我到拈阄所得之地去，好与迦南人争战；以后我也同你到你拈阄所得之地去。」于是西缅与他同去。

4犹大就上去；耶和华将迦南人和比利洗人交在他们手中。他们在比色击杀了一万人，

5又在那里遇见亚多尼·比色，与他争战，杀败迦南人和比利洗人。

6亚多尼·比色逃跑；他们追赶，拿住他，砍断他手脚的大拇指。

7亚多尼·比色说：「从前有七十个王，手脚的大拇指都被我砍断，在我桌子底下拾取零碎食物。现在 神按着我所行的报应我了。」于是他们将亚多尼·比色带到耶路撒冷，他就死在那里。

犹大支派攻取耶路撒冷和希伯

8犹大人攻打耶路撒冷，将城攻取，用刀杀了城内的人，并且放火烧城。

9后来犹大人下去，与住山地、南地，和高原的迦南人争战。

10犹大人去攻击住希伯 的迦南人，杀了示筛、亚希幔、挞买。希伯 从前名叫基列·亚巴。

俄陀聂攻取底壁城

11他们从那里去攻击底壁的居民；底壁从前名叫基列·西弗。

12迦勒说：「谁能攻打基列·西弗，将城夺取，我就把我女儿押撒给他为妻。」

13迦勒兄弟基纳斯的儿子俄陀聂夺取了那城，迦勒就把女儿押撒给他为妻。

14押撒过门的时候，劝丈夫向她父亲求一块田。押撒一下驴，迦勒问她说：「你要什么？」

15她说：「求你赐福给我，你既将我安置在南地，求你也给我水泉。」迦勒就把上泉下泉赐给她。

犹大和便雅悯支派的胜利

16摩西的内兄是基尼人，他的子孙与犹大人一同离了棕树城，往亚拉得以南的犹大旷野去，就住在民中。

17犹大和他哥哥西缅同去，击杀了住洗法的迦南人，将城尽行毁灭，那城的名便叫何珥玛。

18犹大又取了迦萨和迦萨的四境，亚实基伦和亚实基伦的四境，以革伦和以革伦的四境。

19耶和华与犹大同在，犹大就赶出山地的居民，只是不能赶出平原的居民，因为他们有铁车。

20以色列人照摩西所说的，将希伯 给了迦勒；迦勒就从那里赶出亚衲族的三个族长。

21便雅悯人没有赶出住耶路撒冷的耶布斯人。耶布斯人仍在耶路撒冷与便雅悯人同住，直到今日。

以法莲和玛拿西支派攻取伯特利

22约瑟家也上去攻打伯特利；耶和华与他们同在。

23约瑟家打发人去窥探伯特利（那城起先名叫路斯）。

24窥探的人看见一个人从城里出来，就对他说：「求你将进城的路指示我们，我们必恩待你。」

25那人将进城的路指示他们，他们就用刀击杀了城中的居民，但将那人和他全家放去。

26那人往赫人之地去，筑了一座城，起名叫路斯。那城到如今还叫这名。

以色列人没有赶出去的民

27玛拿西没有赶出伯·善和属伯·善乡村的居民，他纳和属他纳乡村的居民，多珥和属多珥乡村的居民，以伯莲和属以伯莲乡村的居民，米吉多和属米吉多乡村的居民；迦南人却执意住在那些地方。

28及至以色列强盛了，就使迦南人做苦工，没有把他们全然赶出。

29以法莲没有赶出住基色的迦南人。于是迦南人仍住在基色，在以法莲中间。

30西布伦没有赶出基伦的居民和拿哈拉的居民。于是迦南人仍住在西布伦中间，成了服苦的人。

31亚设没有赶出亚柯和西顿的居民，亚黑拉和亚革悉的居民，黑巴、亚弗革与利合的居民。

32于是，亚设因为没有赶出那地的迦南人，就住在他们中间。

33拿弗他利没有赶出伯·示麦和伯·亚纳的居民，于是拿弗他利就住在那地的迦南人中间；然而伯·示麦和伯·亚纳的居民成了服苦的人。

34亚摩利人强逼但人住在山地，不容他们下到平原；

35亚摩利人却执意住在希烈山和亚雅 并沙宾。然而约瑟家胜了他们，使他们成了服苦的人。

36亚摩利人的境界，是从亚克拉滨坡，从西拉而上。

1After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of the LORD,saying, “Who should go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

2The LORD said, “Judah shall go up. Behold,I have delivered the land into his hand.”

3Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him.

4Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.

5They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

6But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

7Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so Godhas done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

8The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

9After that, the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland.

10Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

11From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir before that was Kiriath Sepher.)

12Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.”

13Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it, so he gave him Achsah his daughter as his wife.

14When she came, she got him to ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”

15She said to him, “Give me a blessing; because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

16The children of the Kenite, Moses’ brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.

17Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.

18Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.

19The LORD was with Judah, and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

20They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.

21The children of Benjamin didn’t drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

22The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

23The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)

24The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”

25He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.

26The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

27Manasseh didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

28When Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out.

29Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

30Zebulun didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor.

31Asher didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;

32but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they didn’t drive them out.

33Naphtali didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor.

34The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;

35but the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim. Yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor.

36The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.